Protest Quote by Masha Gessen

“You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes.” quote by Masha Gessen — Download Open image

“You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes.”

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It is the first time since 1993 that Russians have come out into the streets without an explicit permission from the government to do so. The main difference between the protests of 2011-2012 and these protests today is that they didn't have permits. These were - the people who were coming out into the streets were very young people, for…

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I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him.

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Poverty and scarcity are actually very good for totalitarian societies. They maintain that sense of mobilization that's essential for totalitarian societies.

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